Legal Opinion
Perkins v. City of West Covina
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided May 9, 1997No. 94-56365PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOOCHEVER, Circuit Judge:
Lawrence, Clara, and April Perkins appeal the district court’s grant of summary judgment in their 42 U.S.C. § 1983 suit against the city of West Covina, and the court’s grant of qualified immunity to individual police officers. City detectives searched Perkins’ home in connection with a murder investigation involving a former boarder. Perkins had difficulty securing the recovery of his property seized during the search, including cash and a starter pistol.
Perkins claims the individual officers violated his clearly established Fourth and Fourteenth Amendment rights…
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